Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaBarbara Di Benedetto @dibenedetto-lab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A massive milestone for 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🚀 At the end of the month, we are officially launching the new 𝗗𝗙𝗚 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗣𝗣𝟮𝟱𝟲𝟭 "𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗔" in collaboration with Julia M. Schulze-Hentrich. 621
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaEU-SABV @eu-sabv.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Registration is now open for the next EU-SABV × DKFZ webinar: Sex Differences in Neurobiology. 🗓 May 20, 13:00 CET 🔗 Register: dkfz-de.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #EUSABV #SexAndGenderInResearch #ScientificRigor @costprogramme.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaEU-SABV @eu-sabv.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Join EU-SABV at FENS 2026. 🧠 Live Q&A + discussion across neuroscience fields. Networking event: Advancing Sex-Inclusive Neuroscience Research 📅 July 7 | 18:45–20:15 📍 Hall H (NE), Barcelona 🔗 fensforum.org 🔗 sabv.eu @costprogramme.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaNature @nature.com · 13/01/2026Nature research paper: Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits go.nature.com/3L6vhCdgo.nature.comMimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits - NatureThe anterior cingulate cortex encodes affective pain behaviours modulated by opioids; targeting opioid-sensitive neurons through a new chemogenetic gene therapy replicates the analgesic effects of morphine, providing precise chronic pain relief without affecting sensory detection. 0172
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaDr. Jodi Pawluski, PhD @drjodipawluski.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Mom Brain or Mental Over-Load? What if Mom Brain had more to do with the Mental Load of Motherhood...check out my @substack.com for more. drjodipawluski.substack.com 141
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaSophie Steculorum @sophiesteculorum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Thrilled our discovery of a novel sensory pathway controlling satiety in mice is featured in the General-Anzeiger @gabonn 🐭👃🍽️! 👇 Kölner Studie: Geruch macht satt (zumindest Mäuse) ga.de/news/wissen-...ga.deMäuse schnuppern an Grapefruits und haben dann keinen Hunger mehr: Wie praktisch: Geruch kann satt machenKölner Wissenschaftler finden einen überraschenden Auslöser für Sättigungsgefühl – nämlich das Riechen. Ein neuer Weg zum Schlankwerden? Leider funktioniert es bis jetzt nur bei Mäusen. 0125
Silvana Valtcheva @svaltcheva.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Go ahead and apply to the @cga-age.bsky.social ⚡⚡ We are looking for a PhD student www.ageing-grad-school.de/phd/host-lab...ageing-grad-school.deCologne Graduate School of Ageing Research: Dr. Silvana ValtchevaJoin the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research to do your PhD or Master. 072
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 18/08/2025📢🚨Teamassistenz gesucht! Unterstützen Sie die Abteilung Neurobiologie 🧠 @lmumuenchen.bsky.social – bitte weitersagen. 📢🚨 We’re hiring an administrative assistant in the Department of Neurobiology! Spread the word. ⏳Deadline: 15. September 2025 Learn more & apply: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/2... 031
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaSainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Congratulations to Professor Tiago Branco on receiving a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Award. His lab will investigate how the brain sets sensitivity to threat, and how both genetics and experience shape this threshold. www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research... 061
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaCologne Graduate School of Ageing Research @cga-age.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Apply now for a fully funded #PhD position at the Cologne Graduate School of Ageing Research and become part of our vibrant #AgingResearch commmuny. 🗓️ Deadline: November 3, 2025. ℹ️ More info: www.ageing-grad-school.de 📣 Spread the news! 01821
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaMax Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience @mpfneuro.bsky.social · 08/07/2025📣 Attention neuroscience grad students and postdocs! Only one week left to apply for NeuroMEETS. Present your research, visit MPFI as an invited speaker, and connect with our faculty. Travel, lodging, and an honorarium included. Don't miss out! Apply by July 15 and share with peers. buff.ly/dqXZnTU 094
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaMPI-Metabolism @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social · 08/07/2025www.sf.mpg.de/2112068/Silv...sf.mpg.deUnderstanding the Brain's Response to MotherhoodSilvana Valtcheva's research group studies neuroplasticity in the maternal brain during the postpartum period. 183
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaFederation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 04/07/2025🚨 Calling all early-career researchers! Applications are now open for the #FENS/#IBRO-PERC #ExchangeFellowships Programme – don't miss out! 🌟 🗓️ Deadline: 15 October 2025 👉 loom.ly/DhYSWlQ @ibroorg.bsky.social 145
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaYunlu Zhu @yunluzhu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Attention Neuroscience Postdocs: Call for speakers for the 2026 SPiNES lecture is now open! ‼️🧬🧠🐒🐁🦜🐟🪰🪱🧫🤖 011
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Heading to EBBS? (ebbs2025.azuleon.org) Don’t miss our session (co-chaired with Suzanne Dickson) on how physiological states shape behavior. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers (Linda Engström-Ruud, @amdouglass.bsky.social, @neuronico.bsky.social, @neuroadept.bsky.social). See you in Bordeaux! 🍷 062
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaiBehave @ibehave.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🔬 Join us for the next #iBehave Seminar! 🧠 Dr. Henning Fenselau @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social on The Synaptic Mechanism of Metabolism Regulation 📅July 4, 2025 | 🕛 12:00 PM Host: Prof. Grunwald Kadow & Prof. Beck, @unibonn.bsky.social UniklinkBonn 📧Zoom: ibehave@uni-bonn.de #Neuroscience #Metabolism 034
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAndrew MacAskill @macaskillaf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025🚨🚨Job Alert🚨🚨!! Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology are recruiting a new lecturer/associate professor! an amazing opportunity to join our fantastic dept! @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social @uclnpp.bsky.social post here: www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comLecturer / Associate Professor - London, England job with University College London (UCL) | 12840324About usThe Division of Biosciences at UCL is one of the world's foremost centres for research and teaching in the biological sciences. We have an out 24439
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaShane Liddelow @liddelowsa.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Calling all Neuroscience postdocs! 🧠 Share your research through SPiNES (Seminars from Postdocs in Neuroscience: Extramural Series) from the NYUGSoM Department of Neuroscience. Applications close 08/20/25. Apply today! 👉 nyumc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Neuroscience #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunity 16239
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaGraziana Gatto @ggatto.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Last week to register to this amazing conference!!! Cross species cord meeting, you can't miss it! 022
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaOliver Bosch @olibosch.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Thanks a lot for a fantastic #ParentalBrain2025 to @susanacarmona.bsky.social and Oscar Vilarroya, @drjodipawluski.bsky.social and Joe Lonstein. Let’s see where we meet in 2028 😊 0111
Silvana Valtcheva @svaltcheva.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Lab news: Excited to join @mpi-metabolism.bsky.social as part of the Lise Meitner Excellence program 🚀 A new era for the (now doubled in size) lab. We keep digging into the postpartum brain and unfolding plasticity layers, you'll hear from us soon. 3232
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Very grateful 🙏 to have been selected for the Rise up! program from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation 🎉. The €600,000 in funding 💰 will help advance our research into the neural circuits that drive fear, anxiety and emotional behavior @lmumuenchen.bsky.social! 🧠 www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...lmu.deRise up! funding for Anna SchroederAnna Schroeder has been awarded funding of around 600,000 euros from the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation. 3381
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaMasseck Lab @massecklab.bsky.social · 18/04/2025We’re hiring! The Masseck Lab (University of Cologne) is looking for a full-time Technical Assistant (permanent position). Focus: neuroscience, behavior experiments, and cell culture. Apply by May 1st → jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun... #JobAlert #Neuroscience #LabTech #BTA #UniColognejobportal.uni-koeln.de 065
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnn Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 09/04/2025New preprint ✍️🚨 ✨Ontogeny of tactile, vocal and kinship dynamics in rat pup huddling -Huddle dynamics develop w/o kinship selectivity -Vocal/internal-state quiets w/ huddling & kin/ touch in yng pups tinyurl.com/y7vhkwjc 👏 @flor-bela.bsky.social @hughtakemoto.bsky.social @kinshiplab.bsky.social 26521
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnn Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 17/04/2025My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour. Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org 15143
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAlexander Jais @jaislab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A thread 🧵: Our study redefines current concepts of insulin entry into the brain under conditions of nutritional excess. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @www.helmholtz-munich.de @mpi-metabolism.bsky.socialsciencedirect.comReduced Notch signaling in hypothalamic endothelial cells mediates obesity-induced alterations in glucose uptake and insulin signalingShort-term transition to high-fat diet (HFD) feeding causes rapid changes in the molecular architecture of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), BBB permeabi… 432
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaStories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Check out our latest profile! Dr. Graziana Gatto (@ggatto.bsky.social) studies the spinal cord circuits involved in sensorimotor adaptation. Follow the link to learn more! www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeurosciencestoriesofwin.orgDr. Graziana Gatto — Stories of WiNstudies the spinal cord circuits involved in sensorimotor adaptation. 0123
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAmy LeMessurier @amylemessurier.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Who’s at #COSYNE2025 ? Excited to present my postdoc work on projection-specific and multi-area auditory processing of (mouse) baby cries on Friday: 0135
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaMODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Our Symposium takes place tomorrow at the Sternwarte in Göttingen. We are looking forward to exciting talks from @nawrot.bsky.social, @xenofrog.bsky.social, Lisa Scheunemann, Andre Fiala and Celine Riera. What a great start of the #NWG meeting @neurowissg.bsky.social 01311
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaiBehave @ibehave.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Join us at the #iBehave #Symposium "Circuits for Behavior: Cross-species Strategies for Adaptation & Plasticity" at the NWG Meeting in Göttingen chaired by @jangrundemann.bsky.social & @ggatto.bsky.social 📅Mar 27 ⏰14:30 - 16:30 📍Lecture Hall 10 @unibonn.bsky.social @UKB @mpinb.mpg.de @dzne.science 096
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaJuleen R. Zierath @juleenrzierath.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research | Nature Metabolism Great collaboration led by Satchin Panda and team! Happy to contribute. Time to take timing into consideration!! www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comThe time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research - Nature MetabolismThis broad group of authors summarizes the impact of circadian factors on metabolic biology and offers recommendations on how to account for and report biological, environmental and experimental facto... 03214
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaCristina Marquez @crismarquez.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🧪🧠2 weeks left for EARLY bird registration! Neurobiology of social behaviors meeting- ESC Coimbra 2025! Join us in Coimbra (Portugal) for intense discussions and exciting science on Social Neuroscience. esc-coimbra2025.cnc.uc.pt 0147
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAnna Schroeder @annaschroeder.bsky.social · 13/03/2025📢 🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 📢 🚨 Join us at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social to study how neural circuits 🧠 drive adaptive behavior. The lab uses state-of-the-art neuroscience technologies and offers a supportive environment 🤗! ⏳ Deadline: 15. April 2025 Learn more and apply: www.fens.org/careers/job-... 01218
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAstrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We are excited to start the third edition of #AstrocyteCafe on February 6th with a lineup of amazing speakers 🤩 Join us for this monthly seminar series on #astrocyte research, it's online and it's free! To register for the mailing list and receive announcements, click the link in the bio! 02320
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaAstrocyte Cafe @astrocytecafe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Join us next Thursday (March 6th) for another exciting session of #astrocyte talks 😍 We can't wait to listen to the research done by Alyssa Corbett and Dr. Nafisa Jadavji ☺️ Everyone is welcome (and it's online!), register to the mailing list to receive the link! 0127
Reposted by Silvana ValtchevaGraziana Gatto @ggatto.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing! www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...janelia.orgComputing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across SpeciesOrganizers Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet Julie 12419